Triple
T13131157
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Roman medicine |
E311967
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasText |
P7166
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
De Materia Medica
De Materia Medica is an influential 1st-century pharmacological treatise by Dioscorides that systematically catalogues medicinal plants, animals, and minerals used in ancient medicine.
|
E1023554
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: De Materia Medica | Statement: [Roman medicine, hasText, De Materia Medica]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De Materia Medica Context triple: [Roman medicine, hasText, De Materia Medica]
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A.
De Medicina
De Medicina is an influential first-century AD medical treatise by the Roman encyclopedist Aulus Cornelius Celsus, covering topics such as diet, pharmacology, surgery, and general medical practice in ancient Rome.
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B.
Institutiones medicae
Institutiones medicae is a foundational 18th-century medical textbook that systematized clinical teaching and greatly influenced medical education in Europe.
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C.
Compendium of Materia Medica
The Compendium of Materia Medica is a monumental 16th-century Chinese pharmacopeia that systematically catalogs medicinal substances, their properties, and uses, and is regarded as one of the most important works in the history of traditional Chinese medicine.
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D.
The Book of Medicines
The Book of Medicines is a poetry collection by Chickasaw writer Linda Hogan that weaves Indigenous spirituality, environmental themes, and personal healing into lyrical meditations on land and body.
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E.
The Canon of Medicine
The Canon of Medicine is a seminal 11th-century medical encyclopedia by Avicenna that systematized Greco-Arabic medical knowledge and served as a standard medical text in both the Islamic world and Europe for centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: De Materia Medica Triple: [Roman medicine, hasText, De Materia Medica]
Generated description
De Materia Medica is an influential 1st-century pharmacological treatise by Dioscorides that systematically catalogues medicinal plants, animals, and minerals used in ancient medicine.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De Materia Medica Target entity description: De Materia Medica is an influential 1st-century pharmacological treatise by Dioscorides that systematically catalogues medicinal plants, animals, and minerals used in ancient medicine.
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A.
De Medicina
De Medicina is an influential first-century AD medical treatise by the Roman encyclopedist Aulus Cornelius Celsus, covering topics such as diet, pharmacology, surgery, and general medical practice in ancient Rome.
-
B.
Institutiones medicae
Institutiones medicae is a foundational 18th-century medical textbook that systematized clinical teaching and greatly influenced medical education in Europe.
-
C.
Compendium of Materia Medica
The Compendium of Materia Medica is a monumental 16th-century Chinese pharmacopeia that systematically catalogs medicinal substances, their properties, and uses, and is regarded as one of the most important works in the history of traditional Chinese medicine.
-
D.
The Book of Medicines
The Book of Medicines is a poetry collection by Chickasaw writer Linda Hogan that weaves Indigenous spirituality, environmental themes, and personal healing into lyrical meditations on land and body.
-
E.
The Canon of Medicine
The Canon of Medicine is a seminal 11th-century medical encyclopedia by Avicenna that systematized Greco-Arabic medical knowledge and served as a standard medical text in both the Islamic world and Europe for centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69d806a9fe888190b081e2d9ea665d6c |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d981b27a8c81909a92ab7be5d3a7e9 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:03 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6eae08a148190af391d173f25b714 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 6:27 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f6ed831e008190a4bab67ea94cbf22 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 6:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f6ede044788190bdac73cdde57044b |
completed | May 3, 2026, 6:40 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:07 p.m.